Noel Davern
Ceist:196 Mr. Davern asked the Minister for the Environment whether he intends to aid and strengthen the management of local or regional authorities in view of the report by the Court of Auditors on the apparent lack of controls for EU funding in such authorities and in view of the large workload and myriad EU regulations involved; and if so, the way in which he intends to strengthen such management of local authorities. [21665/96]